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Our summer press trip to the Austrian lakes and mountains was fantastic! Six journalists joined us to visit Austria's southernmost lakes, we visited the site for the Gerlitzen chalets which overlook the beautiful lake Ossiachersee and offer views as far as Italy. We had dinner at the Schloss Velden on the banks of Lake Worthersee and stayed in a traditional lakeside hotel. The following day explored the Gastein Valley and its famous spa as well as viewing our two new developments: The Alpen Apartments (our best seller this month) and also Resort Gastein a new development to be unveiled this month!

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"In Austria, Simon Malster recommends the spa town of Bad Hofgastein for it's dual seasonality - a sunny valley an hour from the small, ancient city of Salzburg with it's low-cost airline routes.

The new-build Alpenparks Apartments start from 260,000 euros (£207,000) for two-beds, and Bad Hofgastein even has a water cinema as part of it's aquatic offerings

With 180 days of sunshine a year it is great for boating and summer holidays, says Jessica Delaney from Investors in Property, which has a project in Gerlitzen offering three-bed chalets bult to order with lake views from £293,000. This project offers flexibility for the buyer - they can rent it out through a tour operator but if they don't want to they can keep it as a proper second home, she says."

"Although foreign buyers are allowed to buy in most ski resorts there hasn't been a 'buy-to-sell' climate in Austria. However, it has the fastest-growing tourism levels in the EU and Irish investors are particularly keen on summer rentals, especially in Carinthia, says Jessica Delaney of Investors in Property. Also popular is the ski area near Salzburg (flights from Dublin with Aer Lingus and Ryanair) where three-bed-new-build chalets are available for 240,000 euros in the Alpendorf Village."

The Austrian Alps is a perfect location for an all year round holiday home or investment property. Not only can you enjoy skiing, sleigh rides and mulled wine in the winter, you can also enjoy swimming in the lakes, horse riding, cycling and hiking in the summer! The Alps offers the chalet owner two very different types of holiday depending on the time of year they visit, and also gives the investor two high seasons for rental in just one year...

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Although prices are falling in the UK and on the Costa's, Simon Malster, managing director of Investors in Property reports that prices are holding up in the Alps. He has specialised in selling ski property for over 20 years and remembers the crash of 1990-1992 when the Swiss ski property market proved to be particularly robust.

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Our press trip to Salzburg was a great success. Journalsits representing most of the major national newspapers came and viewed the Holzern Chalets in St Martin in Lungau. Ths is the first "eco-friendly, self sustaineable village in the Alps" and the journalists were quite taken with developer Herbi's tour of the site. In the evening they visited the christmas fair in Salzburg before dining in one of Europe's oldest traditional restaurants.

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We had a lot of interest in this one. Journalists from all the major newspapers and a couple of the ski magazines were keen to check out this new 5* Kempinski managed resort. Some of the journalists had their first ski lesson while others lazed around in the spa. They were all very impressed by the high standard of the resort. We are planning a summer press trip for the reopening in July following extension of the spa and the building of the new tennis courts and golf course. Please contact if you are interested in receiving an invitation.

The Times February 08
Pragelato Press Cuttings

Where to buy in the Alps

Simon Malster, Managing Director of the leading ski property specialists, Investors in Property has been selling in the Alps for over 20 years. Here are his tips for where to buy in 2008.

Their hottest seller last year was the Verbier ski area in Switzerland but demand to buy in Canton Valais is so high that the canton has limited the number of foreign purchase permits..."

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Top 10 Ski Developments

Two of our developments made it into the top 10!

• Le Belvedere, Tignes Les Brevieres, France


• Alpendorf Village, Dachstein West, Austria

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"Affordable luxury is on offer at the ski paradise village of Veysonnaz

Investing in Swiss property is no longer just for multi-millionaires. A new development in Veysonnaz in the French speaking canton of Valais offers luxury at a relatively modest price. The development is due for completion in December 2009 and is being marketed by London-based InvestorsinProperty.com who have been specialising in skiing locations for the past 20 years..."

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